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Release No: 109-03March 11, 2003

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IDENTIFIES SOLDIER KILLED

The Department of Defense announced today the death of Army Pfc. Spence A. McNeil on Saturday from injuries sustained when the vehicle he was traveling in rolled over March 3 near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

McNeil, 19, from Bennettsville, S.C., was assigned to B Battery, 3-43rd Air Defense Artillery, Fort Bliss, Texas. The accident is under investigation.